Genesis 49 Flashcards
Genesis 49:1
Then Jacob called for his sons and said: “Gather around so I can tell you what will happen to you in days to come.
Genesis 49:2
“Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
Genesis 49:3
“Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the first sign of my strength, excelling in honor, excelling in power.
Genesis 49:4
Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father’s bed, onto my couch and defiled it.
Genesis 49:5
“Simeon and Levi are brothers - their swords are weapons of violence.
Genesis 49:6
Let me not enter their council, let me not join their assembly, for they have killed men in their anger and hamstrung oxen as they pleased.
Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, so fierce, and their fury, so cruel! I will scatter them in Jacob and disperse them in Israel.
Genesis 49:8
“Judah, your brothers will praise you; your hand will be on the neck of your enemies; your father’s sons will bow down to you.
Genesis 49:9
You are a lion’s cub, O Judah; you return from the prey, my son. Like a lion he crouches and lies down, like a lioness - who dares to rouse him?
Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs and the obedience of the nations is his.
Genesis 49:11
He will tether his donkey to a vine, his colt to the choicest branch; he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.
Genesis 49:12
His eyes will be darker than wine, his teeth whiter than milk.
Genesis 49:13
“Zebulun will live by the seashore and become a haven for ships; his border will extend toward Sidon.
Genesis 49:14
“Issachar is a rawboned donkey lying down between two saddlebags.
Genesis 49:15
When he sees how good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor.
Genesis 49:16
“Dan will provide justice for his people as one of the tribes of Israel.
Genesis 49:17
Dan will be a serpent by the roadside, a viper along the path, that bites the horse’s heels so that its rider tumbles backward.
Genesis 49:18
“I look for your deliverance, O LORD.
Genesis 49:19
“Gad will be attacked by a band of raiders, but he will attack them at their heels.
Genesis 49:20
“Asher’s food will be rich; he will provide delicacies fit for a king.
Genesis 49:21
“Naphtali is a doe set free that bears beautiful fawns.
Genesis 49:22
“Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine near a spring, whose branches climb over a wall.
Genesis 49:23
With bitterness archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.
Genesis 49:24
But his bow remained steady, his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
